Light rainfall on Saturday brought relief to residents of the national capital as the maximum temperature settled down at 33.7 degrees Celsius, average for the season. The Met office forecast similar weather Sunday.

One of the most powerful typhoons to strike eastern China in decades disrupted air, rail and sea transport on Saturday after forcing the evacuation of more than a million people from the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, state media reported.

Weather is frequently portrayed in popular music, with songs often referring to sun and rain, according to a new study which also found that Bob Dylan has written or sung more songs about weather than any other artist.

Twenty six people died on Sunday of high temperatures in Pakistan's Karachi, taking the death toll to around 1,300 as residents grappled with the week-long heatwave that has crippled life and overwhelmed the healthcare system.

A heatwave has killed at least 45 people in Pakistan`s largest city of Karachi, officials said Sunday, as residents grapple with frequent power outages and water scarcity during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

In what may ring music to the residents of the national capital, the MeT office on Sunday confirmed that "pre-monsoon" showers lashed Delhi minutes after the mega International Yoga Day event ended at Rajpath.